Post.



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PATENTED MAR. 24, 1908.

DODDRIDGE.

POST.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17. 1907.

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JOHN-H. DODDRIDGE, or vincennes, rNnniNA..

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Specification of`Letters Iiatenjt.

Patented March. 4-, M908.

Application led August 17, 1997. Serial No. 389.032.

improved. Irence postwhich is constructed et cement,y artificiel stone or 'other like material, and' is reinforced ina manner to eiiectM ively resist the strains to which a post is ordinarily subjected. The post also provides .for the attaching of fence wires thereto by engaging the same in a side-Wise direction, and the Wires when so engaged are freely n1ov, able in the direction'of their length, whereby they may he easily stretched and expand and contract. l

iererence is to he had to the accompanying drawings termine,r a part of this specification, in which similar' characters oi reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. f

Figure l is aside elevation ot my improved post, illustrating 'the manner in which the wires are secured thereto; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View on an enlarged scale on the line .Cl-2 of Fig. It; Fig. 3 is a vertical sec tional view oi the post on. the line 3 3 of Fig. Ve; Fig. i is a cross section of the post on the line L /i oi! Fig. 3 Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side view oi" the post on an enlarged scale.; and t? cin ,ej 'winch is emhedded in the post.

` improved fence post as preferably censtrncied comprises a hotly l0 of cement,

iicial storie or. other like material, the seid hooly heingj of angular cross section and slightly tapered in the direction ot' itslength `vi'ith the enlarged portion thereof arranged :it its lower enrl,'whe1e is also provided a iiange il, which serves to anchor the post andv prevent it from being lifted ont of the eend hy freezing or thawing or hy the ten.-

,. i ci" the fence wires at the foot of a hill or where the ground is uneven and depressed.

e is a fragmentary view of the rein- 'tact with the'outside ot" the coil.

The hody of the post is reinforced throughout its length by a helical coiled Wire or rod. l2, which is centrally enihedded in the post, and hy longitudinal perforated hars 13, which are equally spaced about and in con- The ierforations in these hers, as liest shown in *ign are oblong and admit ci the cement for1ning a bond at intervals with the coil.

At one side of the post are arranged in vertical alinernent means for attachingthe fence Wires, each of which consists of a short Wire or rod le embedded in the post and having an upwardly-turned outer extremity which is spaced a short distance from the face of the post, and a short Wire or rod l5 embedded in the post in substantially horizontal alinement with, and at one side ofthe By upwardly-turned end of the rod 14. this construction it is apparent that the fires may he engaged hy inserting' them in a side Wise direction when turned approximately in a vertical direction but cannot be disengaged when `placed under tension. The wires, it will further he observed; when at tached to the post are tree for stretching as .also for expansion and-contraction.

Having thus described my inventioml claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: 1

' A tence post comprisingn a composition hotly having perforated reinforcing bars located therein and extending' in the direction of the lf m i" the body, and a lleiical coil arranged longitudinallyin the body ccntignons to said hars. .with the convelutions crossing'the perforations tl'ierein, whereby the composition. et the hotly forms e. 'cond between the here and coil through-seid pee iorations. i

in testimony whereof l have signed my name to this spe iiication in the presence oi two snhscrihing-Witnesses.

Gl-lli 'lf-i. EUDDRIDGE.

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/ViLrr/iir it. lli/inline, Rosi-r C. @smeert 

